Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-01
ARE FEARED.
PRELIMINARY TO BLOWING UP THE
CHICAGO JAIL.

The Peculiar Actions of an Anarcbist
visitor Who Diagrams the Jail-Ar.
rest of = Boy with the Plans on His
Person.
CHfcAGor Oct. 31.-The'police claim to
have discovered a plot to blow up the Jail
in which the condemned anarchists are
ned. Wednesday morning a strange
man came to the Jail, and his movements
were SO suspicious that Jailer Felz sent
u for Deputy Sheriff Webb, who has
charge of the men on the outside. This
is the description of the man furnished
to the police by Deputy Webb: STOUT
punt, about i've feet eight or nine inches
tail, dressed in dark clothes, cutaway
coat, chincililla overcoat, and stiff hat
He has a heavy, dark moustacbe. and
light sidehurn whiskers. He calls him
self Joe Miller, and speaks with a German
| ACCENT
rms man had not been to the Jail be-
lore, but he walked into the cage and
talked tamiliarly with Fischer, Lingp
ana one or two of the others. He began
to scrutinize the Interior of the Jail. and
before he left walked into the iail Office
and examined with more than curions
interest the passages leading to the yari.
Gus wards. When he left, Deputy Webb
followed him. The man walked to the
corner OF Michigan and Clark streets.
gave a letter to-, letter-carrier, and then
walked north, stopping every half block
20 LOOK around. Between Illinois andIn- |
diana streets he crossed North Clark |
street, and then started south and kent . |
WARY GIlfinnK until ~ la u-azt- -, /
bridge Webb followed him all the time |
Atthe bridge the maj pausedirresoluteiy
and Deputy Webb slackened his pace. a
big. propeller was coming up the river
and the bridge began to turn slowly. The |
appeared to be in a reflective mood
and watched the bridge tenders at their
work,
Just as the north end of the bridge
ewung clear of the abutment the man
made a dash for 1t, and leaped upon the
moving bridge. Webb saw the trick too
late, and some yards of empty space in.
between them by the time he
checked himself with an effort at the
end OF the abutment. When the bridge
closed the fugitive lest himself among
me crowd OF people waiting to cross at
me end of the bridge, and the baf-
led deputy, after Il fruitless search along
oiaIk ana south Water streets, returned
to the criminal court building, and at
'nce informed Capt. Setback, and SIM.
alled him with a description of the mys-
man.
thursday evening, about 8 O'Clock. the
mn man was seen lettering in tn. s,>ey
lorth OF the jail, accommodating the
ocallty. A policeman noticed his upaer
lctlons, ran aroun the Michipan i
'treet entrance of the criminal court
building, where Detective Lowenstein !
nd two or three others nay be found Mt /,
'lmost any time. They followed the :
'oliceman, and the suspicious fellow was :
'ointed out to them. !
A boy about twelve years old was with +
he suspect, who was seen to hand a ma n
'er.to The boy. The latter walked away a
phistling toward North Clark street. Il
he man began to pick his way through r
he alley. Both of them We're followed n
.owenstein caught the boy and searched
i'm. He found in his pocket a
aper containing a minute description
parts OF the Jail. One para.
raph reads: '.The north end "
the Jail contsines fourteen windows P
veive pains each. They are twelve feet pl
ON the ground and barred with round 10
on bars The words .~.contaipsn and m
it will be observed. are mis- so
elled. The boy was taken to the Chi. bt
avenue police station, and promised W
IND the man who gave the pape to III
m. The man himself made his escape st
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